The Story of Two Sisters memoir.

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The Story of Two Sisters memoir.

Describes: the experiences of the author's twin sisters, Hela and Rela Markovitz, before the war; the German invasion of Poland; the confiscation of Jewish property; the establishment of the Kraków ghetto; the death of the author's parents; the twins' deportation to and experiences in the Tarnow ghetto and the camps of Plaszow, Skarzysko, and Hasag-Leipzig; Aktionen; the sanitary conditions and distribution of food; sexual favors being sold by female inmates for food; the twins' survival of a death march; their liberation and reunion with surviving family members; their attempts to rebuild their lives after the war and their experiences in a displaced persons camp in Pocking, Germany; and their illegal emigration to Palestine, capture by the British, and their time spent on Cyprus before arriving in Israel.

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Markovitz, Rela.

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Getzler, Sara.

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Sara Getzler (née Markovitz, b. Poland) emigrated to Palestine in Jul 1945. From the description of Hidden in Broad Daylight memoir poems. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122456578 From the description of The Story of Two Sisters memoir. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122553345 ...

Markovitz, Hela.

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